Cost Engineer

Sccsinternational; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is recruiting two cost engineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to join its cost management team. The role focuses on project-side cost control for live construction commissions, attending meetings and design reviews, tracking progress, and reporting cost impacts to project partners as they emerge.

Site walks occur with the general contractor, cost manager, and client’s project manager to assess on-site progress and move costs forward.

Qualifications

• Degree or comparable experience in project management or a construction discipline.
• Chartered status is wanted, or progress towards it, with employer support.
• Experience of cost management before and after contract on varied projects.
• Strong written and verbal communication; ability to manage priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Attend key meetings and design reviews; track progress and report cost impacts to project partners.
• Conduct site walks with general contractor, cost manager and client project manager; assess progress on the ground.
• Consolidate data into detailed estimates and into cost reports and analyses as needed.
• Own project change management logs; keep them accurate and detailed.
• Collaborate with the cost management team on complex client tasks; monitor financial close-out and vendor settlements.

Skills

Communication skills

Prioritization

Team collaboration

Cost management experience

Education

Degree in project management or construction discipline

Job description

Linesight is recruiting two cost engineers in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, into its cost management team. The work is project-side cost control on live construction commissions. The holder attends key meetings and design reviews, tracks progress, and reports cost impacts to project partners as they emerge.

Site walks are carried out alongside the general contractor, the cost manager and the client’s project manager, assessing progress on the ground and identifying what will move the cost. Data is consolidated into detailed estimates and into cost reports and analyses prepared as they are called for.

Change is the core of the record keeping: the post owns the project change management logs and is expected to keep them accurate and detailed. The holder works with the wider cost management team on more complex client tasks and monitors financial close-out on every project, including settlement of all vendors.

A degree or comparable experience in project management or a construction discipline is asked for. Chartered status is wanted, or progress towards it, and the employer states it will support the candidate through it. Experience of cost management both before and after contract on varied projects is required, along with written and verbal communication strength and the capacity to manage one’s own priorities and deadlines.